During his time at Ithaca College, Daniel Haack was the Big Gay on Campus. He flirted with everyone, went on dates every few weeks with the best-looking guys at the school, and used his naturally charming swagger to easily fill up his social calendar.

I want to talk a lot about the politics of choice. In a society like the United States, where we place so much emphasis on the individual – the individual’s abilities, capabilities, the ‘you can do whatever you want to do’ mentality – I’d like to use the idea of a choice when talking about things.

From listening to the dozens of testimonials from Ithaca’s event, it became clear that for many, SlutWalk is not about reclaiming the word “slut.” Rather, it’s more important for women to “reclaim” their bodies — to declare that they are allowed to experience pleasure.